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Tangibles and Computing Education: A View from the History of Computing

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ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 1 - 29

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DOI (Published version): 10.1145/3769855

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All sorts of objects embody ideas about data and computation through their creation, their application and impact. ‘Old’ objects also embody histories that are composed of period, location, use, ownership, etc. We explore the nature of historical artefacts and what role they might play in computing...

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ISSN: 1946-6226
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2026
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